ISBN:
9780821395875
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (446 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.4833
Keywords:
Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
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Telecommunication -- Developing countries
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Information services -- Developing countries
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Information technology -- Statistics
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Telecommunication -- Statistics
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Information services -- Statistics
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Information services ; Developing countries
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Information services ; Statistics
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Information technology ; Economic aspects ; Developing countries
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Information technology ; Statistics
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Telecommunication ; Developing countries
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Telecommunication ; Statistics
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Electronic books
Abstract:
With some six billion mobile subscriptions now in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. Mobiles are arguably the most ubiquitous modern technology - in some developing countries, more people have access to a mobile phone than to clean water, a bank account or even electricity. Mobile communications now offer major opportunities to advance human development - from providing basic access to education or health information to making cash payments and stimulating citizen involvement in democratic processes. This 2012 edition of the World Bank's Information and Communications for Development Report analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, and the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices, including "apps" or smartphone applications. The report explores the consequences for development of the emerging "app economy". It summarizes current thinking and seeks to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones for development. This report looks, in particular, at key ecosystem-based applications in agriculture, health, financial services, employment and government, with chapters devoted to each. It's no longer about the phone itself, but about how it is used, and the content and applications that mobile phones open up. Mobile applications not only empower individual users, they enrich their lifestyles and livelihoods, and boost the economy as a whole. Mobile apps make phones immensely powerful as portals to the online world. A new wave of apps and "mash-ups" of services, driven by high-speed networks, social networking, online crowdsourcing and innovation, is helping mobile phones transform the lives of people in developed and developing countries alike. The report finds that mobile applications not only empower individuals, but have important cascade effects
Abstract:
Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I -- Executive Summary -- Main messages -- Why are mobile phones now considered indispensable? -- A mobile green revolution -- Keep using the tablets-how mobile devices are changing health care -- Mobile money -- Get a phone, get a job, start a business -- Using phones to bring governments and citizens closer -- Onward and upward to mobile broadband -- Appendixes -- Infographic: Maximizing Mobile for Development -- Chapter 1 Overview -- How mobile phones are used -- Data traffic -- The changing mobile ecosystem -- Mobile-enabled social and economic trends -- Structure of the report -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Mobilizing the Agricultural Value Chain -- Making information mobile -- Improved access to agricultural information -- Improving data visibility for value-chain efficiency -- Enhancing access to markets -- Policy considerations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 mHealth -- Why mHealth? Opportunities and challenges -- The potential of mHealth -- The mHealth ecosystem -- Business models for mHealth -- Principles for implementing mHealth applications -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion -- Mobile money: an ecosystem approach -- The financial inclusion imperative -- What is the impact of mobile money? -- Growing mobile money: challenges and success stories -- Emerging issues in mobile money -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Mobile Entrepreneurship and Employment -- Open innovation and mobile entrepreneurship -- Mobile incubators -- Mobile microwork -- Mobiles and recruitment -- Conclusions and considerations for policy-makers -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Making Government Mobile -- A typology of mGovernment.
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